This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint enogat, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.473 N,0 50.73 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: SAINT ENOGAT
Length 86.9 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2360 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel
Cause: Ex-war clarion. renamed in 1920. built in 1918 by forth shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, alloa, scotland. owned at time of loss by the ministry of war transport (t c wilton & co). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 411 nhp, single shaft. passage london for normandy (juno beach). torpedoed by u 413 while part of convoy etc 72 on the eastern feeder route for operation neptune. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: H067/44 5.8.44 H067/44 5.8.44 WK REPD IN VICINITY OF E2 BUOY [BUOY POSN - 501642N, 005000W]. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, AUG '44). 19.8.44 19.8.44 SONAR CONTACT REPD IN 501600N, 005000W. (AUBD 304/23). H3135/44 26.8.44 H3135/44 26.8.44 LOCATED BY HMCS BADDECK IN 501600N, 005000W. (PNO 51, 24.8.44). CHART AS NDW. H4121/76 8.11.76 H4121/76 8.11.76 WK EXAM'D 18.6.76 IN 501627.2N, 005039.1W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56 IN GEN DEPTH 66-73MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 13.3MTRS, LENGTH 230FT APPROX. LARGE WK WITH CENTRAL HIGH POINT, LYING ROUGHLY N/S. (HMS FAWN, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 52MTRS IN 501627N, 005039W [OGB]. 23.8.96 23.8.96 LOCATED BY DIVERS. BELL MARKED 'WAR CLARION' RECOVERED. CARGO INCLUDED TYRES. CROCKERY DATED 1943 ALSO FOUND. (C MARTIN, NEWHAVEN/G FURSE, TELECON 23.8.96). NCA. HH090/952/01 4.11.03 HH090/952/01 4.11.03 EXAM'D 10.6.03 IN 5016.473N, 0050.730W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61.3 IN GEN DEPTH 69-71MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 91MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.2MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN IN TWO AROUND MIDSHIPS. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO WK 61MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, PROBABLY BROKEN AROUND MIDSHIPS, BOWS S
Position: 50 16.473 N,0 50.73 W